Law Enforcement in Washington State? What Law Enforcement?

There is an article today on the local KOMO Web site, regarding policing in Washington. It cites statistics on police officers per capita in the 50 states plus Washington DC. It says that Washington State comes in at Number 51. Yes, we have the lowest number of officers per capita than all other states, including …

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There’s no hope for Canada

Just yesterday, a post showed up in my feed, about a Canadian police chief. He was discussing the rash of home-invasion robberies taking place in Canada's cities. This police chief has some advice for Canadians if they find themselves in this unfortunate situation. https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1963351701551026633 You might not know it, but several years ago, Canada followed …

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So, Readers, what do you think of this sentiment?

This X post is somewhat self-explanatory. None of the commenters disagreed with the author. https://twitter.com/thekentacorn/status/1952056077102743884?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Notice the 970 likes. Fifteen comments. All favorable. Am I the only one who thinks that this statement is just plain wrong? The author is human too, and runs a project preserving oak woodlands in Britain. I follow him. If …

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How many buzzwords or phrases can you spot in this KOMO article?

The title of this article is: Seattle Launches Community Safety Forums to address Public Concerns Now, I am quoting the article in its entirety, so you can mark it up. Next, I will show you some of the choicest comments from the many readers who commented on the article. SEATTLE — Seattle has kicked off a …

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Eloquence: Guest Author, Kaelion on X, on electric vehicles

I am going to post this in its entirety, so those of my readers who are not members of X/Twitter can partake of the eloquence. You will know that these are my sentiments, exactly, as I have written here many times. It was inspired by a post by Elon Musk about how the government of …

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